Taxonomy: Fam. Linaceae// Genus: Linaceae// Species: Linum trigynum L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided Ockendon and Walters in Tutin at al. (1968) and Micevski in Micevski (2005).
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Central Europe (Slovakia) to the Mediterranean region and Caucasus, Macaronesia, Northeast Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Hill pastures/ grasslands, clearings of oak forests.
Flowering period: Spring- summer: MAY, JUN, JUL.
Linum trigynum – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Linum trigynum – habit. Osogovo, hills near Kochani, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – habit. Osogovo, hills near Kochani, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – hupper part of plant with inflorescence. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – hupper part of plant with inflorescence. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – flower. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – flower. Osogovo, hills near Kochani, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, hills near Kochani, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Linum trigynum – habit. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Linum trigynum – habit. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Linum trigynum – inflorescence. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Linum trigynum – flower. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Linum trigynum – side view of flower with calyx. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Linum trigynum – side view of flower with calyx and capsules. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Linum trigynum – capsules. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Linum trigynum – capsules. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Linum trigynum – capsules and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Linum trigynum – stems with leaves. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Linum trigynum – stems with leaves. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Linum trigynum – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Linum trigynum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Linum L. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (2005). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1463 – 1478.
Linum L. Ockendon, J. and Walters. S.M. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 206 – 211.